It had to happen in an authoritarian, fascistic movement like MAGA: the party has become the personal possession of the cult leader they're about to nominate. The Republican National Committee, about to disgorge its current failed chairperson Ronna Romney McDaniel, is filling the leadership team with radical Trumpists, led by proposed co-chair Lara Trump, the wife of pathetic Eric. What makes this bad news for Republicans / MAGAts is the financial levers will be operated for the primary benefit of the Malignant Loser, not candidates down-ballot. From Heather Digby Parton's excellent article in Salon.com:
"The RNC is a mess. The Federal Election Commission released its year end fundraising reports and they showed that the RNC had its worst fundraising year since 2013 only managing to take in $87.2 million in 2023. [snip]
This isn't really McDaniel's fault, however. The reason they can't raise any money is because Trump is hoovering it all up for his campaign and his Super PACs which are paying his voluminous legal expenses. In addition, the GOP primary candidates have all been spending like drunken sailors on their doomed campaigns, further consuming cash which might have gone toward national party building." (our emphasis)
Starving national party building and state candidates because their cult leader needs cash to pay his lawyers and massive fines is fine with the Malignant Loser's daughter-in-law and the others brought in to make the RNC a exclusive funnel for funds to the Malignant Loser. Michael Whatley, a radical MAGAt, and Chris LaCivita, a long-time Trump loyalist, are his choices to manage the conversion. In fact, LaCivita is the Malignant Loser's campaign manager and will serve as the RNC's Chief Operating Officer at the same time. Looks like the Trumps have a new family business / grift.
Lara Trump has been grifting off of the family's name for some time, as the article discusses. Her new gig at the RNC should send shivers down the weak spines of MAGAt candidates nationwide. They'll have to settle for crumbs as daddy-in-law gets top priority:
Lara Trump says if she is elected as co-Chair of the Republican Party, “every single penny” of party funding will be spent toward Donald Trump pic.twitter.com/zYh6Nayyjy
— DNC War Room (@DNCWarRoom) February 14, 2024
(top image: A reasonable facsimile of Lara Trump, with apologies to Janice of the Muppets)
